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trä

to thread (pearls on a string)/trɛː/

trä as a verb

Meaning

to thread (pearls on a string)

In Swedish: täcka något med något

Conjugation

Conjugation of trä (thread)
Infinitive	att trä	to thread
Present	trär	jag trär
Past	trädde	jag trädde
Supine	trätt	used after har / hade
Perfect	har trätt	jag har trätt
Past perfect	hade trätt	jag hade trätt
Future	ska trä	or: kommer att trä
Conditional	skulle trä	jag skulle trä
Imperative	trä!	a command
Present participle	träende	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	trädd	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of trä
Infinitive	träs
Present	träs
Past	träddes
Supine	trätts

Group 3: short verbs. The infinitive does not end in -a; present -r, past -dde, supine -tt. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use trär. See the four verb groups explained.

trä as a noun(ett trä)

Meaning

wood

In Swedish: material av träd, virke

Forms

Forms of trä
Singular, indefinite	ett trä
Singular, definite	träet
Plural, indefinite	trän
Plural, definite	träna

trä is an ett-word, so adjectives agree with it: ett stort trä, det stora träet. Check another noun

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trä in a sentence

trä en strumpa på foten
pull a sock on one's foot
trä tråden på nålen
thread the needle
Trä kommer från träd
Wood comes from trees
en träsked
a wooden [wood] spoon
bygga hus av trä
build houses from wood
Är den gjord av trä eller plast?
Is it made of wood or plastic?

Words built with trä

vedträ firewood
ädelträ hardwood

Questions

What does trä mean in English?

trä means “to thread (pearls on a string)”.

Is it en trä or ett trä?

It is ett trä, and “the wood” is träet.

What is the plural of trä?

The plural of trä is trän, and the definite plural is träna.

What is the past tense of trä?

The past tense of trä is trädde (“jag trädde”). The supine is trätt, used in “jag har trätt”.

What is the present tense of trä?

trär, the same for every person: jag trär, du trär, vi trär.

Origin

From Old Norse tré, from Proto-Germanic *trewą (“tree, wood”), from pre-Germanic *dréwom, thematic e-grade derivative of Proto-Indo-European *dóru (“tree”).

Nearby common words

trä is number 3,214 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

3,210idiotisk idiotic
3,211satellit satellite
3,212kapa cut [off], hijack
3,213smitta infect, pass on (communicate) an infection
3,215fascinerande fascinating
3,216samlad collected
3,217förfader ancestor, forefather
3,218cowboy cowboy

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Recording: Wikimedia Commons. Browse the dictionary